The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-06-22

HeSuVS 0J strong 0Fthk:
Shame-Gen. .. IL.
Poverty-Prov. %: 81.
Confederation. 10: 80
Many troub.es-Prov. %: 20, 30
Folly-Esther L: 10, III.
Sacrilege-Dan. 81 l-5.
Defeat Kings 10: 1920.
Eternal DEATH Cor q: 10.
MISCELLANEOUS SCRIPTURE
Gen. 40: II; Isa. 40 70; lsa 3: IL, IL, IA,
22-24; Prov. 20: / Prov 81: L. 3; Jer 30;
l., ID; Prov. 4: Ia, II; Ps. 75 8; Jer. IL: Il;
hev. ~: IL
one aeay TO help on temperance. Il urge
you the duty of self-denial for the sake of 9TH
ers If you are fond of drink, abandon II be-
fore it be too late for your own sake; II you
are not fond of it, 1t will cost you nothing 10
give 1t up. We are all face 10 face with
hideous, degrading, colossal evil The
use of that deadly, peculiar, and wholly un-
necessary substance Is so far in>eparable from
the abuse that, where the individual use Is,
there the natural abuse will be. Unrestricted
liquor traffic will, to the end of time, mean
for myriads intense temptation; temptation
means drunkenness; drunkenness means
degradation, horror, ruin, cSime. You are a
Christian. Wlll you give up needless luxury
10 help in saving others from blast ng
curseg You are a patriot. Will you give up
a poor tickling Of the palate, an unwholesome
tingling Of the brain, TO rescue your nation
from a blighting degradationl IL you do not
those fanatics who would clear their con-
science from every faint of so dangerous
leaven. Do not gid self-indulgence with
the Qphir gold of holy Scripture, or hide the
forehead of a luxury under the phylactery OF
a scribe" Canon Farrar)
"lf Christ laid down his life for US, Is IT
great thing for us to lay down our glass for
the brethreny" CIV. NJ. Taylor.) "If l may
not eat or drink where is danger Of leading
my brother to do that which he thinks wrong,
much lpaa eat drink where there
danger of leading him to that which Is wrong.
How beautiful would il be TO see the Christian
wearing the burden of weak brother, and
saying, will abstain with thee; we will try
togethern" Qiev Archdeacon Jetfreys.) Il
have,n said DR.. Guthrie, "four good reasons
for being an abstainer: my head is clearer,
my health is better, my heart is lighter, and
my purse is heavier"
ANOTHER WAY TO HELP THE CAUSE
This Is by positive, pronounced and imme-
date prohibition OF the manufacture and sale
and use of intoxicating beverages; so that he
who makes, sells or drinks it can be clearly
branded as a law-breaker Lyman Beecher
once said: "lhe dealers in ardent spirits may
be compared TO men who should advertise for
sale cOnsumptons, fevers, rheumatisms, pal
sizes and apopexies. Would our public author
ties permit such traffic: No. the public
voice would be heard at once demanding the
punishment Of such enemies of our race; and
the rulers that would not take speedy ven-
geance would be execrated and removed. But
now the men who deal out this slow poison
are licensed by law; and they talk about their
| constitutional rights and plead that they are
| pursuing their lawful callings. These traf-
| tickers IN the blood of men tell us that this
work Of death is their living-their means Of
] supporting their families But where lies
| the difference in crimnality between the
| dramseller, who, for gain, administers slow
but certain death, and public murderersy
The former is licensed in his wickedness by
| law; the latter must be hanged Is prohib.-
| ton right? IL il i, then IL should be on our
statutes as moral educator The way to get
true answer To this question Is TO ask
! another: Is the liquor traffic right? / II a
| good thing? Is 1t useful and beneficial to the
| community, or is 1t njurious-an enemy alike
to the community and the individual! The
answer to these questions will settle the an
swer to the first If the liquor traffic is
wrong then prohibition is right II the liquor
traffic is good thing, prohibition is wrong
| Now, what can be said in favor of the traffic?
Not one word Of approval can any honest man
| give of this nefarlous business 1t is an UNI
mixed evil-an unmtigated curse, blot upon
| our nation, an lmpedment to our civilization,
hindrance TO our industries, a menace TO cur
! homes, temptation to the weak, a snare 10
| the strong, the shame and disgrace of the whole
country. Now, we ask, Is II right In principle
to prohibit such dangerous business az
this IL acknowledged to beg To license
such a business is TO put premium upon
crime and offer a reward for infamy IL Is a
league with he'll and a covenant with dark
ness. a prohlbltory law on our statutes, I'M
! enforced and practically dead letter, Is bet
| ter, far better, than the best license law ever
enacted for the reason that il is right in prin-
| clple and removes the awful responsibility of
Misunderstanding with its accompanying
evils from the state, where 1t never should
| rest" (Ihe Voice.
Joseph Cook has presented the work aptly
in the following lines:
Moral suasion for the man who drin ks;
Mental session for the man who thinks;
Legal suasion for the drunkard maj er;
Prison suasion for the statute breaker.
LESSON CONNECTION AND STATEMENT.
Three months ago we studied the first great
temperance lesson which God gave 20 the
word in the sad effects of Noahs drunken
ness That warning was unheeded and nine
centuries afterward God taught his people an
| other lesson upon the same subject. III was
| given III the shadow of Mount Sinai, under
the curtains of the newly elected tabernacle
in the wilderness. The two elder sons of
! Aaron, who but few weeks before had
climbed the steps of the Sinai aud beheld the
sapphire pavement under the feet OF Jehovah,
! who only the day before had been in
Quoted into the priesthood and assisted in the
| dedication of the tabernacle, committed sac
rlege, and fell victims to the divine wrath.
They were so thoughtless or so irreverent
as to enter upon their priestly duties while
in Oh condition of intoxication; and
instead of lighting the incense upon the golden
|
/ braZen altar Of burnt offering in the court,
they pressed into the tabernacle with common
fire in their censers. 1t was the first offense,
and mans way is to condone first offenses
but God Furnishes them with severity that
many may receive warning by the fate of one.
Fire flashed out of the holy of holies aud de-
stroyed the two drunken priests. The father,
standing by the altar, may have witnessed
their fate but was forbidden to manifest his
grief while performing the sacred rites Their
relatives bore their bodies outside the camp
for an unhonored burial, and ali Israel be-
walled the burning which the Lord had kin
died (Sunddy School JOurRdk)
DIVINE WARNING AGAINST IRREvERENCE.
VS.. % Came forth fire. Fire consumed
The sacrifice O.: 2i), and now the same fire
smites the offender sour God is a consum-
ing fire" See Mum. IS: 35; . Sam. 9: Z De-
voured Slew them, as by lightning, for
their DO lies were unipjured. Then Moses
sp Ike. As by divine impulse, interpreting
the spirit Of Gods commands. will be sane
tilted gorified. See Ex. l9 %; lisa.
81 IL Eek. 20: Al Isa 40 3; John IL: 81 ; !
Thess /: 10 Before all the people. l. would
rapidly be known to by the terrible judg-
ment Carry your brethren out OF
the camp. No burial was permitted IN the
camp In modern Oriental cities there Is
the same law. These cousins are called 70
this service because contact with dead body
would be defiing TO the priest Then, too, II
would interrupt their priestly minstration.
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